Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPGE, Silver, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model193: Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U (BC name is Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlGentle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Erosion, Peneplanation; Folding; Faulting, Volcanicity, Dike Injection And Build - Up Of Younger Sediments
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Upper Elsburg Conglomerates And Quartzites;Karroo System Conglomerates And Shales
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Ventersdorp System-Lava
StructureUnique Continuity Of Gold - Bearing Horizons Over Extended Area, Though Well Marked By Faulting, Folding And (Locally) Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Sediments., Gentle Dip Regionally, With Folds And Faults Locally. Overlying Lavas, Quartzites And Conglomerates Are Massive
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationNone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1961
Identification
Deposit ID10071449
MRDS IDW014847
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-27.97988, 26.83482
References
ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED: ANNUAL REPORTS: 1974 & 1975COAL, GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; MARCH 1975PRESIDENT BRAND GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED; ANNUAL REPORT; 1975MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES; IVOR JONES, ROY AND CO., INC., JOHANNESBURG; 1975 MINING JOURNAL QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES, VOL. 19, NO. 1; MAY 197ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1980 ; ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - 1980 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. JANUARY DECEMBER 1979 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1977